West Deptford Students Line Up To Get Chromebooks For Remote Learning

Kimberly Davis reports.

POINTS, THE NASDAQ UP MORE THAN413 POINTS AND THE S&P UP 153POINTS.REMOTE LEARNING IS THE NEWNORMAL FOR STUDENTS AS THEOUTBREAK LEAVES SCHOOLSSHUTTERED TO STEM THE SPREAD BUTFOR SOME STUDENTS WITHOUT ACOMPUTER THAT CAN BE A DIFFICULTTASK.EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTERKIMBERLY DAVIS SHOWS US A STORYOF A GROUP OF STUDENTS IN SOUTHJERSEY WHO RECEIVED SOMEMUCH-NEEDED HELP.Reporter: HUNDREDS OFVEHICLES LINED UP OUTSIDE OFWEST DEPTFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL TOPICK UP CHROME BOOKS ANDHOMEWORK PACKETS.THIS COMES AFTER GOVERNOR PHILMURPHY ANNOUNCED HE WILL NOTCONSIDER REOPENING SCHOOLS FORAT LEAST THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.WE BASICALLY HAVE ABOUT ATHOUSAND LAP TOPS THAT WE NEEDTO DELIVER OUT TO FIRST THROUGHFOURTH GRADERS.Reporter: BUT HOW CAN YOUDESCRIBE 1,000 LAP TOPS ALLWHILE KEEPING STAFF SAFE?

THEWEST DEPTFORD SCHOOL DISTRICTFIGURED OUT A WAY THURSDAYAFTERNOON WITH THREE DRIVETHROUGH STATIONS.ONE STATION WHERE IT'S APARENT CHECK IN TO GET THEIRINFORMATION.THEY'RE ISSUED A PAPER THATIDENTIFIES THEM AND THEIRSTUDENT.THEY BRING IT TO THE SECONDSTATION WHERE THE LAPTOP ISDELIVERED.AT THE FINAL STATION, PARENTSPICKED UP THEIR CHILD'S NEXT TWOWEEKS OF WRITTEN HOMEWORK.AS THE DISTRICT TRANSITIONS TOON LINE LEARNING FOR GRADES ONETHROUGH 12.WE SPOKE WITH ONE PARENT WHOHAPPENS TO BE A TEACHERADJUSTING TO THE BIG CHANGE.I AM TRYING TO TEACH MY SIXTHGRADERS REMOTELY AS WELL ASTEACH A SEVENTH GRADER, A FIFTHGRADER AND A FOURTH GRADER OF MYOWN AT THE SAME TIME.SO WE'RE BALANCING THATSCHEDULE.AS THE WEST DEPTFORD SCHOOLDISTRICT ADJUSTS TO THE NEW WAYOF TEACHING AND LEARNING,PARENTS ARE GRATEFUL.THIS IS SO SMOOTH AND EASYAND I JUST AM SO APPRECIATIVEFOR A DISTRICT LIKE THIS.THEY HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH USFROM THE GET GO.THE SUPERINTENDENT TELLS METHE REMOTE LEARNING FROM HOMESHOULD NOT HINDER ANY STUDENTFROM PROGRESSING TO THE NEXTGRADE.GOVERNOR MURPHY SAYS HE WILL NOTRECONSIDER HIS DECISION TOREOPEN SCHOOLS UNTIL AT LEASTAPRIL 17TH AT THE EARLIEST.